New Delhi: After announcements from the US noting that it has repatriated over 1,000 Indians who had entered its borders illegally since October last year, India has said it is working closely with the US to tackle the issue.
When asked about the stand of the incoming Donald Trump administration in the US on immigration, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, according to a report on Deccan Chronicle, that those staying illegally in the US “should come back.”
Trump, who was elected to the White House on November 6, has promised a “mass deportation” plan with “no price tags” attached.
New Delhi has said that it does not support illegal immigration and considers lawful migration an important part of India-US ties.
On November 2, Jaiswal had said during his weekly briefing that India engages in “regular dialogue” with the United States on migration and mobility.
In late October, as The Wire had reported, assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the US Department of Homeland Security, Royce Bernstein Murray, said that around 1,100 Indians staying in illegally in the United States were repatriated to India between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.
This came right after a press statement issued by the US Department of Homeland Security which stated that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had “conducted a large-frame charter removal flight to the Republic of India of Indian nationals who did not establish legal basis to remain in the United States” on that day.
